Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Tectipleura > Superorder Sacoglossa > Superfamily Plakobranchoidea > Family Hermaeidae > Genus Hermaea

Hermaea bifida (Montagu, 1816)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Doris Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Hermaea*	Lovén, 1844	accepted genus name
*Hermaeopsis*	A. Costa, 1869	synonym
*Physopneumon*	A. Costa, 1864	synonym

Species group names

*Hermaea hancockii*	Trinchese, 1877	synonym
*Physopneumon carneum*	A. Costa, 1864	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: slanke rolsprietslak

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
redescription	Caballer M. & Ortea J. (2015). New data on the genus Hermaea (Mollusca: Sacoglossa) in Europe, with the description of a new species from Spain. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias. 27: 125-136.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hermaea bifida (Montagu, 1816). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140092